CONTACT WITH LIVE WIRE.
YOUNG MAN ELECTROCUTED. ACTION TO MINIMISE DANGER. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHBISTCHURCH, Wednesday. A verdict that Geoffrey Maxwell Hindle, aged 23. of Ric:arton, met his death through accidentally coming into contact with a live electric line at Governor's Bay on April 12, was returned by the coroner to-day. Tho coroner added that the Banks Peninsula Power Board, which controlled the electrical system in the district, waa alive to tho danger of the ladder-like poles which were in use, and was taking all steps to prevent a recurrence of tho accident.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20866, 7 May 1931, Page 12
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CONTACT WITH LIVE WIRE.
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20866, 7 May 1931, Page 12
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